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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Illinois is a battleground state

From the Chicago Tribune -

"Make no mistake: Illinois is a battleground state. Your vote will help chart the course of the state and yes, the nation.

Illinois
voters will have a lot to say about who controls the U.S. House.
Democrats who drew the new congressional maps after the 2010 U.S. Census
set out to reclaim the four seats they lost in midterm elections, but
things aren't exactly going according to plan. Six of the most
competitive and expensive congressional races in the country are in
Illinois.

In races for the Illinois General Assembly, the
stakes have never been higher. Everything state government does...is in peril. The state's debt burden, $198
billion at last count, is crowding out spending on everything else.

That
total includes unfunded pension and health care obligations, principal
and interest on bonded debt and billions in overdue bills.

Thanks
(again) to the Democrats' self-serving remap, slightly more than half of
legislative races are uncontested. That makes the others even more
important.

Time to fire the incumbents who voted to increase
spending and/or taxes while resisting the reforms needed to address that
crushing debt. Thumbs-down on candidates who hem and haw about making
those fixes, insisting what's needed is a task force or a friendly
sit-down with labor unions. Those issues have been hashed and rehashed.
It's cowardly, expensive stalling. Time's up.

Support the candidate who will show up in Springfield prepared to take the tough votes on Day One.

If you think your vote doesn't matter this year, you haven't been paying attention. Stand up and be counted. Vote." ...Entire editorial HERE

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Illinois is a battleground state

From the Chicago Tribune -

"Make no mistake: Illinois is a battleground state. Your vote will help chart the course of the state and yes, the nation.

Illinois
voters will have a lot to say about who controls the U.S. House.
Democrats who drew the new congressional maps after the 2010 U.S. Census
set out to reclaim the four seats they lost in midterm elections, but
things aren't exactly going according to plan. Six of the most
competitive and expensive congressional races in the country are in
Illinois.

In races for the Illinois General Assembly, the
stakes have never been higher. Everything state government does...is in peril. The state's debt burden, $198
billion at last count, is crowding out spending on everything else.